Delaware River Report / Conditions August 3, 2016

The flows on the East side of the drainage are up slightly this morning but overall we are close to where we were yesterday morning.  The West Branch hasn’t budged and the entire river has decent temperatures and is good for floating and wading.  We are finally getting cooler night time temperatures down in the 50’s.  The daytime air temperatures are also a bit lower with highs only reaching just below 80 degrees.  That’s a great change for the 90 degree plus days we saw over the last few weeks.  Winds should be light staying under 7 mph.
We are still fishing good afternoon sulphur hatches in Deposit followed by the olives.  Cahills, golden drakes, and isonychias are around and fish are eating them.

Jamie from Monday- Photo by Bob Lewis

Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl- Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur – #16-20 – E dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – 16 – S. ithaca & canadense
Golden Drake – #12-2xl – Potomanthus
Trico – 22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
Tiny Blue Winged Olive – #22 – 26 – Psuedocloeon spp.
Blue Winged Olive – #18 – 20 – E. lata
Light Blue Winged Olive – #16 – 20 E. attenuatta
Tan Caddis – #16 – 20 – Hydropsyche spp.
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)